PBDB Collection

"Steltenberg" Quarry, near Hohenlimburg (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Sauerland, Germany (51.3° N, 7.6° E: paleocoordinates 21.9° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Schwelm Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• Called "Massenkalk", too. Stringocephalus zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

• Described in Koch (1990: Der Schwelmer Kalk, in Weider, W.K. ed. Klassische Fundstellen der Paläontologies 2:37-48, 242-243) & (1995: Fossilien aus dem Schwelmer Kalk. Gelsenkirchen).

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Several museum collections

Primary reference: D. Heidelberger and L. Koch. 2005. Gastropoda from the Givetian “Massenkalk” of Schwelm and Hohenlimburg (Saureland, Rheinsiches Schiefergebirge, Germany). Geologica et Palaeontologica Sonderband 4:1-107 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56160: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.11.2005

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Neritoina - Neritopsidae	Strothia schwelmensis, Paffrathopsis lirata, Turbonitella ussheri, Turbonitella tuberculata Strothia schwelmensis Kayser 1878 snail Paffrathopsis lirata Sandberger 1842 snail Turbonitella ussheri Whidborne 1891 snail Turbonitella tuberculata Kirchner 1915 snail
Neritoina - Plagiothyridae	Plagiothyra tubericosta, Plagiothyra purpurea Plagiothyra tubericosta Sandberger and Sandberger 1854 snail Plagiothyra purpurea d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae	Bellerophon lineatus, Retispira hohenlimburgensis n. sp. Bellerophon lineatus Dechen 1832 snail Retispira hohenlimburgensis n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail type locality; 2 varieties
Murchisoniina - Cheeneetnukiidae	"Murchisonia bicoronata" = Ulungaratoconcha bicoronata, "Donaldina lennensis" = Ulungaratoconcha lennensis "Murchisonia bicoronata" = Ulungaratoconcha bicoronata Paeckelmann 1922 snail "Donaldina lennensis" = Ulungaratoconcha lennensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae	Murchisonia oegensis n. sp., Murchisonia sandbergeri, Murchisonia steltenbergensis n. sp., Murchisonia bilineata, Devonocerithioides loxonemoides Murchisonia oegensis n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail Murchisonia sandbergeri Paeckelmann 1922 snail Murchisonia steltenbergensis n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail incl. var. steltenbergensis, monocincta, simplex Murchisonia bilineata Dechen 1832 snail incl. var. bilineata, intermedia, coronoata, turbinata Devonocerithioides loxonemoides Whidborne 1892 snail
Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae	Loxonema sp., Clathronema reticulata Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail Clathronema reticulata Phillips 1841 snail
Murchisoniina - Scoliostomatidae	Scoliostoma dannenbergi Scoliostoma dannenbergi Braun 1838 snail
Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae	Palaeozygopleura sp. Palaeozygopleura sp. Horný 1955 snail
Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae	"Macrochilina drozdzewski" = Bensbergia drozdzewski, Bensbergia arculata "Macrochilina drozdzewski" = Bensbergia drozdzewski Heidelberger and Amler 2002 snail Bensbergia arculata von Schlotheim 1820 snail
Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae	"Platyloron bischofi" = Platyloron bischoffii, Devonorhineoderma cf. lonsdalei, Devonorhineoderma beaumonti, Champernownia wagneri, "Callistadia hagenensis" = Breizospira hagenensis, Buechelia nodifera n. sp., Kirchneriella striata, "Manitobiella clarkei" = Humboldtiella clarkei, Euryzone delphinuloides, Odontomaria semiplicata, Villmaria catenulata "Platyloron bischofi" = Platyloron bischoffii Goldfuss 1844 snail Devonorhineoderma cf. lonsdalei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail Devonorhineoderma beaumonti d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail Champernownia wagneri Heidelberger 2001 snail "Callistadia hagenensis" = Breizospira hagenensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail Buechelia nodifera n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail Kirchneriella striata Hisinger 1837 snail "Manitobiella clarkei" = Humboldtiella clarkei Holzapfel 1895 snail Euryzone delphinuloides von Schlotheim 1820 snail Odontomaria semiplicata Sandberger and Sandberger 1850 snail Villmaria catenulata d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Euomphalina - Nerrhenidae	Nerrhena nonecincta n. sp., Nerrhena aequistriata, Hessonia piligera Nerrhena nonecincta n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail Nerrhena aequistriata Kirchner 1915 snail Hessonia piligera Sandberger and Sandberger 1855 snail
Euomphalina - Platyceratidae	Paffrathia lotzi, Platyceras priscum, Natirhenia margaritifera, Lotzia blodgetti n. sp. Paffrathia lotzi Frýda 1998 snail Platyceras priscum Goldfuss 1844 snail Natirhenia margaritifera d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail Lotzia blodgetti n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Euomphalina - Anomphalidae	Nodinella sp. Nodinella sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae	Omphalocirrus hoegeri n. sp. Omphalocirrus hoegeri n. sp. Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae	Devonoconica undullaria Devonoconica undullaria Heidelberger 2001 snail
Euomphalina -	Serpulospira serpula Serpulospira serpula d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Euomphalina - Euomphalidae	Nodeuomphalus labadyei, Nodeuomphalus leunissi, Straparollus turritus, "Straparollus planiformis" = Philoxene planiformis, "Straparollus (Eleutherospira) steltenbergensis n. sp." = Eleutherospira steltenbergensis Nodeuomphalus labadyei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail Nodeuomphalus leunissi Heidelberger and Bandel 1999 snail Straparollus turritus Sandberger and Sandberger 1855 snail "Straparollus planiformis" = Philoxene planiformis Heidelberger and Bandel 1999 snail "Straparollus (Eleutherospira) steltenbergensis n. sp." = Eleutherospira steltenbergensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005 snail
Neritoidea - Naticopsidae	"Gyronema armata" = Pseudoplagiothyra armatus "Gyronema armata" = Pseudoplagiothyra armatus Goldfuss 1832 snail